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Friday, March 19, 1937
AND WE LAUGH AT OSTRICHES
IN A GREAT institution like our changes must be
mode slowly. Any new move, any modification•of
existing regulations can be made only after care
ful and thoughtful consideration. Those in authority
must weigh carefully the pros and the cons of each
problem and then take those steps which they feel will
be the best for all concerned.
So of course we were not at all surprised when
three weeks passed without any official notice being tak
en of the COLLEGIAN co-ed drinking poll.
Now we are happy—yes, even a little proud—to
announce that the results of our little poll have been
recognized. How? Allow us to quote from a recent letter
sent by the Dean of Men to all house presidents:
"The campus discussion growing out of the
recent publicity in the COLLEGIAN concerning
drinking by women students has brought forth
not altogether favorable comment
about conditions in some of the fraternity hous-
es ... in reply to the question as to where wo
men are drinking ... the answer has been 'in
fraternity houses.'"
The 'letter goes on' to say that the College author
ities have been disturbed as to the drinking in frater
nities and that social privileges would probably be tak
en from any house in which drinking occurred while
unchaperoned women were present.
Naturally we have no quarrel with this letter in
itself. It strikes us as pretty sensible to request house
presidents to "check over practices and bring them in
line with a policy of education and control intended to
lessen and not increase drinking." None-the-less it
seems slightly ironic that the COLLEGIAN poll, taken for
the sole purpose of discovering co-ed attitudes and prac
tices as regards to drinking, should be utilized by the
Dean of Men while W. S. G. A. consistently refuses to
pay any attention to it.
Or must a pelt be taken among the men in order
to get the women to do something?
'ATTEST FOR STUDENT GOVERNMENT
THE NEED FOR clean, efficient, and niasterful
. sttident governnient.is clearly emphasized by the
;; '...ibuil4itigi program that lit'esident Hetiel evident
ly t . :4 i iishi : i.iKitithuccess in Harrisburg.
ahe construction of five and one-half million dol
lars'%;orthlof buildings, added to the privately fostered
women's dormitory, will throw an estimated 2,000 la
borers into State College.
The resultant Barbary Coast will give student lead
ers their first big and concrete problem in recent years.
How State College will house 2,000 workers when
it cannot accomodate the students satisfactorily is hard
to imagine. But that will he the State Authority Board's
problem more than the College's. The Authority Board
will supervise all 'construction here save that of the
womens' dormitory. The College will cooperate, how-
ever, it may
The College administration's problem will be of
sociology. That is where effective student leadership
comes in. The present student government set-up will be
unable to meet this problem. It is vitally important that
student government to live, prepare for its test.
Under the constitution upon which the government
we do have is based, student leaders can exercize more
power, in proportion, than can the United States gov
ernment. The construction is loose. Yet student leaders
have been either unwilling or unable to assert them
selves and their powers under present conditions.
The incorporation and cleaning up suggested by
Frank Osterlund, senior class president, would be a good
start toward making student government powerful. It
is time to turn from the stooge era to the progressive
era. •
If Student Council, Student Board, class officers,
and other leaders do not clear the way for action, stu
dent. government at Penn State may receive a crushing
blow.
For the College administration will find it necessary
to take more of the governing in hand than it has in
the past. It is apt to stay there forever.
Time is an important clement. Reorganization will
be more difficult When a predidted enrollment of 8,000
conies true. The buildings from PWA funds must be
completed within two years.
Vigorous and courageous student leadership will
revamp and strengthen student democracy. Leaders of
the Old School will not.
Now is the time to act.
Tear-faker:
. Ins name is Goit—Charles Goit—and we think
of him as a tragic little figure groping his Way un
certainly across the collegiate scene. The "tragic"
is for sure, for his is a Soul which seeks the Ulti
mate and finds it not; the "little" may he inaccurate,
for by his own admission he is a Perfect 16, and
would make the ideal model for say. the Arrow peo
ple
After drinking deep of the cup of life. he finds
himself forced to accept the crass triviality of the
Penn State campus. We quote: "Ordinary people are
here to study hooks. I am here to study sex; and as
yet I have found no opportunity to put my theories
into practical use ... the trouble with this place is
that it lacks glamour . . . I find all the co-eds
are pimply and most of them are sexually maladjust
ed...
Our hero found one young lady so maladjusted
as to be in need of a good shot of psycho-analysis.
A twenty-minute talk about inhibitions fixed her up
Sine, and a happy ending seemed imminent. But now
comes the most tragic blow of all—µ coed may, it
seems. be ever so beautifully adjusted—and still find
Mr. Goit's charms not quite irresistable. In other
ovoids, the whole thing just didn't work out at all.
Moved by a feeling of great compassion we beg
to suggest, Sirrah, the only remedy we know for Suf
fering Souls like you ... a quick trip to Phillipsburg.
High Finance—and Stuff:
___Jerome Weirgtein '3B
Francis 11. Szynterak '3B
' Bob Morini, as head of the Interclass Finance
Committee, acquitted himself nobly when the time
came for his report ... but was pretty irked to think
Fleming had .only set down the figures, leaving him
the job of writing up a summary. "I had to stay up
all afternoon getting it ready," said he... S. K. Ste
vens met his Wednesday's History 21 class wearing
a shamrock this big—which he averred was in bon
nor of Dugan, present for the first time in two weeks
. script for the Thespian show is rumored to be shap
ing up some better . .. candidates for sr. prexy, as
yet unannounced, will be kappasig Tack Kennon for
the Catalpas Clique and phisi Tom Moore for Locust
Lane . . .
•
Love Marches On—
"Dorm Doings" threatens to expose the Maniac
if he doesn't leave Their Name Out of This ... add
great Syracuse moments include lola Murray's en
trance—when she was the only gal at the fights to
rate applause . . . and Ruthie Boyer, unable to fin
eigle a press pass from cynical officials, got a press
gallery seat anyway—being escorted by none other
than this rag's Editor.
Lo! the Poor Maniac!
But the resumed Powers-Campbell combo is to
be purely platonic—according to her story ... not so
Libby MacPherson, who's forgetting a Clearfield: lad
for Tommy Cameron, Penn Charter '36, Penn State
'4O . . Hazel B. B. Woods gets millions of posies
weekly—from X Chuck Glennan, we hope . . •
Ginnie Loveland, who hails from Sayre, Peeay,
and blames her oh so southern drawl on a colored
mammany she had till she , was twelve, hasn't been
seen with Shad Blackburn for many a moon .. . Al
Mclntyre, publicity office stooge, is after Barbara
Bowes—and can be found any day at 12 and 5, loi
tering outside Student Union, so they can happen to
be walking downtown at the same time—which is our
idea of a beautiful thought.. .
Get Bob Collins to show you his legs sometime—
you won't have to coax. and my dear, they're simply
OrfleollB. .
Attention. All Co-eds:
It has come to ou• attention that some rat is hav
ing himself a hell of a lot of "fun" calling up var
ious and sundry girls and admonishing them to "be
careful" cr do this and that "or else you may get
, your name in the Com.F.ciAN." Campy wishes to
take this opportunity to deny emphatically, on be
half of both columnists and the entire staff of the pa
per, any connection with or knowledge of this lowest
form of college student. Furthermore we will be eter
nally obligated to the person or persons who can givd,
ta_any evidence which will lead to the identification
and subsequent exposure of the rat.
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i'Corpses Take Lead
For Players'
' New Show
The corpse got up and slowly
walked away.
The Little Theatre was quiet for
a few seconds, then Neusbaum stood
up, looked over the thirty people
scattered here and there. "All right,
harry, you do the third corpse and
Jane play the mother in the scene at
the top of page twenty."
Selecting six 'corpses and thirty
other characters for the Players' next
show, "Bury the Dead," is a job that
takes longer than the usual night of
tryouts. Ordinarily picking people for
dead men isn't a tough job. But when
the play revolves around them, when
they must talk and act and be prin
cipals in the biggest scenes in the
play, then the problem is more dif
ficult.
"Tryouts for this show were more
interesting than usual," Prattk S.
Neusbaum.. the director said. It was;
easy to see why they would be. Unfa
miliar with the lines and with only a
slight grasp of characterization, read
ings for most plays are usually unin-I
spired and pretty meaningless to'
those looking on. "Bury the Dead,"l
however, has in it numerous short •
scenes, complete in themselves, and 1
several times there were readings
that, really clicked. "Swell lines," said
I Neusbaum, "and people who cknow
how they should be given."
The forty people assembled for try
outs fall into veterans and newcom
ers. The former aren't much trouble.
Shifting them from one role to an
other the director must see how they
fit in each, how they work with each
other, and try to visualize the part to
which they are best adapted.
The newcomers:are more of a prob
lem. A few show promise; they must
lie tried in six or eight parts to sec
whether they have enough 'talent to
fill any of the still vacant roles or
whether they are simply "naturals"
in certain characters and misfits in all
others.
Others can't do much of anything.
They are weeded out, but before . that
can be done valuable time must be
wasted in letting them read lines so
there can be no hard feeling, no com
plaints of "I didn't get a chance."
Some who have , ability but who just
don't fit into this particular show
must be let down easily. They may be
needed in a later - production.
Except for the people on the stage,
I everyone is a little bored and pretends
to be more so. occasionally a wel
-1 read part—and there were several of
them—awakened' noticeable interest.
'•For the most - payk the audience eyed
the cast of the moment with critical
eyes. After all, everybody wants to
be in the show, and every part well
taken is one more opportunity gone.
ASU Endorses Reform
Plan of Independents
'The program of student govern
ment reform proposed by the Inde
pendent Party was fully endorsed by
the members of the American Stu
dent Union at a meeting of the
groups held in room 415, Old Main,
recently. Robert J. Baxter '37, chair
man of the Independent group, was:
the speaker at the meeting.
Declaring that student government
at Penn State has reduced itself to
a farce, Baxter stated that the Inde
pendents have. pledged themselves to
a program of democratic', government.
According to' the speaker, the present,
hotitical setup: results,
,a. lack; of student_.: interest,althougli,
the ''inedbaniam.f6r democratic gov..!
ernment is open to the student.
The Independents hope to effect!
this reform in student government•
through an eleven-point program for-;
mulated by representatives of the
junior, sophomore and freshman
classes. The program tails for the'
election of candidates on a platform
basis, changes in election and cam
paign procedure, student selection of i
paign procedure.
Penna. Had One-House
System 161 Years Ago
In a letter to the Readers' opinion
section of the New York Times, .T.
Paul SeNam; of the department of
history and political science, pointed
out that Pennsylvania had a unicam
eral legislative system 161 years ago.
The Nebraska set-up of tOdaY isn't
revolutionarras Pennsylvania follow
ed a colonial preVent by establish
ing a one-house system of legislation
in 1776.
The early governmental leaders of
the state were strongly in favor of
supreme legislative power residing in
one house as provided for under the
Constitution of 1776.
2 Receive '3' Average
Two students M the School of En
gineering received straight three av
erages the first,semester, Dean It. L.
Sackett announced today. They are
William E. Diefenderfer '3S and
James A. Spicer ''4o.
Just Out
Stegmaier and Bock
Beer on Tap
THE HOFBRAU
Arrow Collar
Correctness
Arrow Shirts, with their
well set, shapely collars,
are preferred on every
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MEN'S' APPAREL.
South Allen Street, State College
Pack Forestry Prize
Offered For Essays
The Charles Lathrop Pack prizes
will be given again this semester to
the three forestry students writing
the best papers on some subject in
forestry as it affects the public.
A first prize , of $25 is being offer
ed, with second and third prizes of
$l5 and
,$lO, respectively. The con
test, which closes April 30, is open to
all forestry students. The paper is
limited to from 1,200 to 1,500 words,
and is to be mitten in the style of
a newspaper or magazine article.
The Suave Debonair
Charles Stenross
and. his N B. C. Orchestra .
Rainbow Room
Supper Dancing
Fridays—sl.oo Per Person :Minimum Check
Saturdays—sl.so Per Couple Cover Charge
• Webster Hall
Pittsburgh .
•
(Between Tech• Pitt Campus)
You can't wear your sheepskin!
. You senim i who
,are still on the drawing =Collar
might better' begin . now to stock up with several
dozen Arrows before you step out into the cold, cold
world. Later on you'll thank us for the tip—and have
shirts aplenty, for Arrow shirts are made to stand
the gaff. Be sure to see your Arrow dealer today.
TWO DOLLARS AND MORE
Mitoga—tailored to fit Sanforized Shrunk
.Criday, March 1:), 1:13
Campus Bulletin
Meeting of the l'enn State Mini
Society in room 15, M.I. Building
7:20 o'clock. Election of officers
plans for the spring social prowr
will make up the business media
MONDAY
Swimming party of the Campus
11 Club in Glennland Pool at 7:30.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Players dance "Footlight.Fr.
ic" well be semi-formal for wom
and informal for men. Tickets on s
lat Student Union.